the reality tunnel

well, sometimes it is.
Yon posted this message on Friendster regarding the old Ohio, seemingly a key battleground state in this year’s election:

Republicans in Ohio are scared.
New Democratic voter registrations are up 250%
in Ohio. Democrats throughout the “Buckeye
State” are prepared to turn out in record numbers
to demand change on November 2nd in federal,
state and local elections.
But [...]

Sherri rolled into town yesterday unexpectedly. Awesome that the person with the slickest job is also the one most likely to go to visit pals unexpectedly. I don’t know if I’m capable of that level of spontenaity. I wish I was. In any case, it’s nice to see old friends unexpectedly. [...]

apparently, there is a marked increase in the number of new voters -
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2004/09/28/new_voters/index_np.html

http://messengers.org/events/events2004/2004.10.09.chicago.jpg
trackbiketerror@hotmail.com

I got an e-mail from MoveOn (more info available at http://www.moveon.org/tellthetruth/ probably) that had some quotations from various Republicans and military analysts about problems with the war in Iraq. These are some good sound bites to drop if you’re arguing with someone about the Bush administration’s Iraq policy.

W. Andrew Terrill, professor at the Army War [...]

Nate forwarded me this warning about bicycle u-locks:
if you have a bike and use a U-lock to secure, please read this important
information.
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=44611
and
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/bik/42695645.html

I was going to post this in response to this thread on the plan-it-x message board, but I decided it was too didactic. Maybe someone will find it useful nonetheless.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/09/03/MNGGU8JAC01.DTL&type=printable
I think that this article provides an appropriate segue into what I found most distressing about the rhetoric of the RNC – the overwhelming [...]

from salon.com:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg hailed the Republican National Convention as an economic boon to the city, but it turned out to be a bust for the poor saps stuck serving the tight-fisted Bush girls. According to the New York Post’s Page Six, the debaucherous twins spent all night Wednesday getting trashed at the Manhattan club [...]

song explanation for “sometimes motion”
This is the last song I ever wrote as a resident of Columbus, Ohio. I wish it could have been a more eloquent elegy for a town that, despite its faults, has proven to be such a large part of the person I’ve become. I also feel like I should be [...]